Flights between 2 airport that no other Flyertalker has ever done
#736
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I flew BIBA-VEY in Iceland. It was run as a shuttle. Four of us gt there as they were loading up. but they only had three spaces left in the six seater operating the route so they told us to wait 15 minutes for the aircraft to return. When we got to Haemay, they asked us if we wanted to pay for our flight then or on our way back. The airline was Vestmannaeyjar Airlines, I believe. Sadly, they seem to have vanished. I note that nowadays another airline is flying this route (all 10 miles of it) three times a day.
#737
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I haven't seen these listed in the thread that I have done.
FOD-MCW-MSP on both Northwest and Delta
HFA-ETH on Arkia
I have a bunch of others that are on private planes, but won't count them here.
FOD-MCW-MSP on both Northwest and Delta
HFA-ETH on Arkia
I have a bunch of others that are on private planes, but won't count them here.
#738
Join Date: Feb 2011
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Perhaps SBZ-TSR on Carpatair a few years ago. Most of the rest of my flights that I can think of involve a major hub at one end. Something like VKO-HMA would probably be my next candidate, but it seems unlikely nobody would have flown that one.
#740
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I'm not too sure what will be unique, so I'll throw a bunch of routes I've flown and see what sticks:
NTG-PEK on ZH
HYD-IXE on SG
IXE-DXB on IX
KUL-LBU on MH
TIA-LJU on JP
SPN-ICN on OZ
FNJ-WOS on JS
LED-RIX on BT
GUM-SPN on UA
MNL-ROR on UA
I also have under my belt:
NTG-PEK on ZH
HYD-IXE on SG
IXE-DXB on IX
KUL-LBU on MH
TIA-LJU on JP
SPN-ICN on OZ
FNJ-WOS on JS
LED-RIX on BT
GUM-SPN on UA
MNL-ROR on UA
I also have under my belt:
Last edited by PVDtoDEL; May 26, 2018 at 9:47 pm
#742
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Typical routes for traveling scuba divers. I could add MYY-LBU but that is also unlikely to be particularly unique.
#743
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I hadn't realized that LBU was a diving destination. I took a look at some of the pictures.. Looks like a very cool place to dive ^
Last edited by PVDtoDEL; Mar 16, 2017 at 6:19 pm
#744
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Labuan (Malaysia) has a number of really nice wreck dives (Cement wreck, American wreck, etc.) and critter dives. Not all that much in terms of reefs. After 2-3 days you've pretty much seen it. And it's time to move on to other great dive sites in Sabah. The LBU-BKI ferry is a good option if you want to travel right after diving.
#748
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Of related routes I have flown on DFS DXB-OAI and OAI-KBL. Tickets were sold publicly, but AFAIK only to military/government staff or official contractors.
I've also flown MMZ-KBL, MMZ-MZR, MZR-KBL and MZR-UND R/T
As for Scandinavian routes, I'm somewhat surprised that the only listings have been mainline routes such as OSL/TOS-LYR, SVG-ABZ and ARN-KIR, with only passing mention of routes like CPH-RNN and OSL-SRP Living in Norway, it's no point for me to list all the smaller airports I have travelled to in this country, but I am surprised that routes like HFT/TOS-HAA have not been mentioned, nor KKN/HFT-BVG, HAA (Hasvik) and BVG (Berlevåg) being two of the airports in Norway with daily scheduled service with the least number of passengers.
Pride of place on my list must be NVK-BOO, however, as NVK (Narvik) was closed as a commercial airport yesterday (travellers to Narvik usually use EVE (Harstad/Narvik Evenes) in any case).
Last edited by ksu; Apr 2, 2017 at 4:08 am
#749
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I presume TZX-MZR was on a military charter where the first leg came from Northern Europe? I've also flown TZX-MZR several times (3 R/T AFAIK) on this flight, as well as the predecessor to KBL (which in the beginning flew XXX-SAW-KBL-TZX-XXX). I do not know whether this military charter still flies (less demand with daily Emirates and Turkish flights to KBL).
Of related routes I have flown on DFS DXB-OAI and OAI-KBL. Tickets were sold publicly, but AFAIK only to military/government staff or official contractors.
I've also flown MMZ-KBL, MMZ-MZR, MZR-KBL and MZR-UND R/T
Of related routes I have flown on DFS DXB-OAI and OAI-KBL. Tickets were sold publicly, but AFAIK only to military/government staff or official contractors.
I've also flown MMZ-KBL, MMZ-MZR, MZR-KBL and MZR-UND R/T
NGU-SNN-KWI-IUD
(Norfolk Naval Air Station to Shannon, Ireland to Kuwait to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on the charter flight, Omni Air)
IUD-OAI
(Al Udeid to Bagram Air Base, on a C-17)
OAI-KDH-OAI
(Bagram to Kandahar and back - down on a C-17, back on one of the contractor-operated Dash 8s)
OAI-OKAS-IUD with an overnight on a C-17 at OKAS
(OKAS: Ali Al Salem, Kuwait)
IUD-RMS (charter flight, Omni Air)
Also had numerous Blackhawk and Chinook flights criss-crossing Afghanistan to KBL and various FOBs, along with several flights on the contractor operated helos as well.
As a unique route I have DEN-DEN and then DEN-SPS-DEN (Wichita Falls, TX) on a Champion Air 727. The only time I've had a "diversion" - we took off out of DEN and the aircraft had an issue with its pressurization system. We turned around and landed back at DEN. A couple hours later the problem had been fixed and we departed to SPS.
#750
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CRL-RYG
Charleroi, Belgium to Rygge Norway, paid 9 Euro for the 2 hour FR flight. Moss airport (RYG) has since been shut down due to Ryanair pulling out after the new Norwegian travel tax last year.
Charleroi, Belgium to Rygge Norway, paid 9 Euro for the 2 hour FR flight. Moss airport (RYG) has since been shut down due to Ryanair pulling out after the new Norwegian travel tax last year.